Beam scale



March 7, 1933. J. E. SEEDERER BEAM SCALE Filed May 9, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR I nl in '"1 "JACOB EMIL. SEEDERER IT' f YEn( lr .8- *J- ATTORNEY March 7, 1933. E, SEEDERE-R 1,900,418

43 l INVENTOR JACOB EMIL SEEDERER .,8. Www/1 ATTORN EY Patented Mar. 7, 1933 f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JACOB EMIL SEEDEBER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO SEEDERER- If KOHLBUSCH, INC., F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A. CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY BEAM SCALE Application led May 9,

i small quantities to be quickly and accurately weighed on an encased scale. A particular object of the invention is to provide an encased scale on which all the weights can be manipulated from outside the case so that the material to be weighed on the weighing pan and removing same.

A' further object of the invention is to provide an arresting device for the weighing beam when not in use which will hold it with far greater security than any device heretofore known in the art kand which will automatically align the main knife edge of the beam with the main` bearing every time the vbeam is arrested.

A still further object is to provide a scale in which all the nweights areadjusted by increasing or decreasing their distance from the center of the weighing beam thereby eliminating any pan for holding weights and also increasing the casca-nd speed with which articles are weighed.

This latter object is accomplished by mak-v ing a plurality of slots in the part of the beam Si opposite the weighing pan, the lower surfaces of which are notched at equal distances and form tracks for rolling poises usually similar in shape to `a spool which can readily be moved from place to place and will hold '33 their vposition in the notches. As it is practicallyimpossible to cut these notches bymachine so that equal masses of the beam lie between them, they are first cut by machine and then filed by hand and therefore, it is a c great saving in vmanufacturing these beam scales to eliminate a large number of notches which I do by using a plurality of slots each of which has notches representing dierent fractions of weight.

Tn the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation of a scale embodying the preferred form of myzinvention, with the case shown in section, and,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 in the 50 direction indicated. by the arrows, and

case need never be opened except for placing 1929. Serial No. 361,574.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 in the direction indicated by the arrow, and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a detailview of the means for shifting the lowest rolling poise on my scale,

Figs. 6 and 7 yshow modifications of the rolling poise. Y Y

In the drawings, the scale shown comprises base 1 having a rear leg 2, and levelling screws 3. The case 4, mounted on base 1, is of conventional design, having glass windows, vertical sliding front and wooden panels 5 and 6, through which pass the various adjusting rods. Pedestal 7 supported by base 1 has mounted onv the flat top thereof knife edge bearing 8 on which knife edge9 of the weighing beam 10 rests. This bearing is the main bearing for the scale. The beam 10 is preferably a channel beam or as shown in the drawings, is comprised of two parallel strips fastened together, although it may be the conventional one piece solid beam. As shown in`Fig. 1, the beam 10 to the right of the main bearing 8 has two longitudinal slots 11 and 12. To the right hand end of beam 10 is fastened extension shaft 15 which carries threaded shaft 16 on which balance weight 17 is mounted. To the left of the main bearing, the beam is formed into an upper arm 18 and lower arm 17 on the latter of which is disposed knife edge 19. This knife edge 19 is adapted to engage the bearing member 2() mounted in yoke member 21, the lower portion of which is provided with upwardly and outwardly extending arms 22 and 23 which engage yoke 24, supporting weighing pan 26, and balance weight 25, rel To keep the weighing pan 26 at rest and also to prevent the beam 10 from oscillating while the object to be weighed is being Vplaced on the pan 26 and the weights are being ad-V justed, supports 30 and 32 having pivot screws 31 and 33 respectively, mounted there-v in, are; screwed to base 1. Pivoted on the screw 31 is strip 34 having threaded stop 35 mounted in one end thereof, said stop 35 being positioned under the center of the pan 26.

`Pivoted on the screw 33 is'strip 36 in one end of which is mounted cup 37 having aV l threaded portion adapted to engage a corre-` spondingly threaded openingy lin strip 36.

' swingthe forward parts of strips 34 and 36 upward so that stop 35 will engage .the pan 26, thus preventing it'from moving, and cup 37 will pushrod38 up until it engages eXtension shaft 15 thus preventing oscillation of the weighing beam 10. Inforder to release the beam 10 for weighing purposes, the bar 41 is provided` with perpendicular rod 42 passing through base '1. VRod 43 is mounted inthe base 1, running from' front to back, and is Yso positioned that it may'engage rod 42.

This rod 43 projects beyond thebase at rthefront of the scale .and has mounted on itsy end'the knob 44. Spring 45 mounted on' thefrod43y inside the base 11is adapted lto yieldinglyhold rod Y43 out of engagement lwithrod 42. The operator, by pushing knob 4 44 in, Vforces rod 42 to theright, as shown in .'Fig. 4, which forces horizontal bar 41 up and consequently disengages all the moving parts of the beam 10 enablingit to oscillate freely. To lock rod 43-in this position stud 82is mounted on the rod so that it'will registerv with recess 83 in the base when the rod is pushed in. By turning knob` 44 ninety degrees stud82 will be inserted vin the recess thus locking the rod. Y

To protect thesknife edges 9 and 19 from damagedue to jarring of the scale when not in use Vand also to be sure that thevarious parts of the scale will be properly aligned when in use, the weighing beam 10 andyoke 21 are lifted Aoff the bearing Sand knife edge 19 respectively and firmly held by the beam arrest 40.y The beam arrest 40 is mounted on piston 92 disposed in the pedestal 7.A Perpendic'ular motion is givento. the piston92 by means of connecting link 93., crank y94, and

shaft 95 extending to the front of the scale. The piston passes through bushing 84 which guides it. The piston is actuated by the operator turning the knob 46 mounted on shaft 95. As shown in F ig. 1, the beam arrest 40 to the left of piston 92 is fork-shaped, bef

ing formed into two arms at point 47 between which the lewery arm 17 of the leftv side of beamI 10 s is positioned. The yoke member V-21 is widened out at the top so that it engages the two arms of bar 49 when said baris elevated. The bar 40 as shown in the drawingsis vat its lowest position and therefore is Vnot shown'engaging yoke Vmember 21. vMountedy on the bar 40 just to the right offpoint 47 is screwf48 provided witha lock nutto secure it in such a position that it willengage beam 10 at thesame instant the arms of bar 40engage yoke member 21.' .upon elevation of bar40.fy l.

'Mounted on the right hand end of bar'40 is bracket 39 as previously described. This bracketsextends above bar 40 far enough so i that it engages extension shaft 15, atthe .same

`time. the previously described engagingv members of shaft 40 engage their respective parts upon elevation of piston 92.Vv

Mounted centrally on the bar 40 with' respect to the piston 92, is circular plate 49.

This plate 49 has portions cut away so that the sides of main bearing 8 may be passed through without'coming into contact with it. Metal blocks 50 and 51v are'fastened to the upper surface-ofplate 49 and are so positioned that they engage bevelededges 52and 53 respectively of knife edge 9 at the same time bracket 39 engages extension shaft 15 upon'elevation of the piston 92.l Metal blocks l50 and l51 'preferablyare each provided with a' groove s ata forty-five degree angle'to the horizontal .into which the beveled edges 52and 53 of knifeedge 9 fit so that the knife edge 9 will bel firmly held in.V position directly above 'i bearing 8. `ein` additional advantage of these grooves is thatifthe weighing-beam f has been jarred out of proper alignment with bearing 8', it can be quickly andeasily aligned by elevatingthe piston 92 until blocks 50 and 51 engage the beveled edges of knife edge 9. f Obviously the knife` edge V9 will settle in the Y grooves of the blocks in proper position with i f Vrespect to .bearing` 8 'and the piston 92 can:l

then belowered until the knife edge-9 rests on bearing 8. i From the above description it will beseen that when'not inuse, the weighing beam 10 isoL j andvits associate parts are firmly held atsix points, namely, at both sidesof yoke 21, at a point just to the right of'arm 17' offthe beam 10, at the front and back of knife edge 9, and at a point on the extension shaft 15,

and that 'itris automaticallyV aligned' with bearing every time it isarrested because of the grooved blocks 50 and 51 and the bevele edges 52 andY 53 ofvknife edge 9. Y y

spindles are tapered toward their centres and .the beam l is preferably channeled. or

formed of two separate strips to give greater .security to the position of the poises. As

shown in Fig. 1, the notches in slot 12 represent rgrams andthe notchesin slot 11 represent ,-1/10 grams. Clearly these notches can be made to represent other fractions or units of weight by varying the position of the notches vand the weight of the poises. In balancing up the beam, the notches 5a and can first be cut by machine and then easily filed where necessary for exact balance throughout.

beam 10 channeled or formed of two parallel 'strips is that the modified rolling poises shown in Figs. 6 and 7 can be used. The poise shown inFig. 6 is particularly useful where an extremely light poise is desired because by having only a single enlarged section the enlargement can vbe greaterA and will lit in the channel or between the two parallel strips giving greater stability and ease of manipulation. YThe poise shown in Fig. 7 is especially adapted to be used when the poise must be relatively heavy as the three enlarged sections permit a reduction in size of each enlargement and the center section will travel in the channel of the beam. Obviously this gives a more stable poise that can be manipulated with more security.v

. rThe top bar 13 of the beam 10 has graduations thereon representing 1/100 grams as shown with whichy thel tertiary sliding poise 7 0 cooperates. This poise is very`light kand slides easily lalong the top. The left hand side of beam 10 is also provided with graduations with which sliding .poise 59 cooperates. Poise 59 functions as a delicate counter poise, or can also be used for'adding or subtracting Weights.

In order to shift the various poises without opening the balance case, adjusting rods 60, 61, 62 and 63 are provided for moving poises 56, 57, 7 0 and 59 respectively. These rods pass through wooden panels 5 or 6 in the side of the case and are provided with knobs on their outer ends by which the operator manipulates them. Adjusting rod passes through panel 6 and also through lthe clamping member 65 mounted on the rear end of support beam 611 which extends rearwardly i'ro-m the base of bearing 8. Intermediate collar 65 and panel 6,"the rod 60 has mounted thereon the bent arm 67 on the threaded rod outer end of which is mounted the upright bifurcated Vbracket 68 by means of a pair of lock nuts 85 (see Fig. 5). The top edges of the two armsof bracket 68 are notched and the distance separating the two arms is ad* justed so that they will engage the portions of the spindle 58 extending beyond theenlarged sections'of the poise 56. By turning the rod 60 the bracket 68 will liftthe poise 56 out of the particular notch it is in and then by moving the rod 60 to the right or the left the poise may be moved to 4a new .position where it may be deposited byk turning the rod 60-in the opposite direction. In `order to limit the distance which the arm 67 kmay be rocked and thereby preventthe operator from accidentally displacing other parts of vthe scale, the bracket' 68 (see Fig. 5) is rcarefully positioned on the threaded endfof arm -67 so Ithat the end of arm 67 will contact withzthe beam arrest a0 when bracket 68 is just high enough to lift the poise 56 clear of its track. To limit the movement of arm 67 inthe opposite direction vbent rod 81, vhaving a hole in one end through which the threaded .end of arm 67 passes, is positioned on said threaded end by means of'a pair of lock nuts 86 sol that the opposite end of said rod 81 will Y hook over beam arrest 40 when the bracket 68 has been lowered suiiiciently to clear beam 10 and thereby prevent further `movement downward. It is shown in this lower position in Fig. 1.

Adjusting rods 61 and 62 are similarly mounted by being passed through panel 6 and collars 71 and 72 respectively, which are mounted on vertical rods 7 3 and 7 4. Rods 73 and 74 are supported by support'beam 64. Mounted on rod 61 intermediate collar 71 and panel 6 is bent arm 75 carrying the inverted Usshaped bracket 76 which is adaptedfto enf gage the spindle projecting on both sides of rolling poise 57, and thereby providing means further d own than its position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, by the arm 75 engaging adjusting (See Fig. 2.) The bracket 76 at this limiting position is still `high enough to pass over the sliding poise without disturbing it. Similarly mounted on adjusting rod 62'is thebent rod 77 which is adapted to engage the light sliding poise 70 and move it. Itwill be obvious that by simply turning rods 61 and 62 the poises 57 and 70 can be entirely disengaged from the manipulating devices and the beam freed for weighing. 'Y

On the left hand ends of rods 60, 61 and 62, as shownv in Fig. 1, are mounted adjustable stops 66to prevent the rods lroin'being drawn entirely through the clamp member 65, collars 71 and 72, respectively, and thereby get out of alignment.

` Adjusting rod 63 is ypassed through collar 7 9mounted in panel 5 whichis the sole means CST.

of holding and guiding thisV rod. 4Mounted on the end of` this adjusting rod is arm 78 adapted to 'engage and move counter poise 59. Because of the variousmanipulating rods described above it will be seen that I have devised a beam scalel suitable for the most delicate work all of the weights ofrwhich may be manipulated from outside its case.

Mounted on the base of the pedestal 7 is a spirit levelto determine when the level- Y lingscrews 3.are properly adjusted to'mainsaidk slot cooperating with the notches there-V taiii the scale perfectly level. i The invention claimed is:

l. A beam scale comprising a case, a Lbeam pivoted therein having a longitudinal slot andnotchesin lsaid slot, a rolling poise in said slotcooperating with the notches there- Y in, and means for manipulatingesaid rolling poise enteriorly of said case. l Y

2. A kbeam scale comprising a case, a beam pivoted therein having a; longitudinaly slot and notches in said slot, a movable.- poise in in, the vupperedge of the beam-having gradu-y ations correlated `with said notches,'-a second movable poise seated on the upper edge ot i pivoted therein, having a plurality'of longitudinal slots and notches in each of said slots Y correlated with the notches in the other slots,

Y f Va rollingpoise in each of said slots cooperatof said case. y Y

5. `A beam scale comprising a-cas'e, abe'ain ing with the notches therein, and means for, said rolling poises eizteriorlyl manipulating piv'oted therein having a plurality of longi? tudinal slots and notches in each of said slots correlated with the notches in the other slots,"

a rollingpoise in each of said slot-s cooperating with the notches therein, the upper edge of thebeam having graduations correlated with saidnotches, a sliding poise seated on the upper edge of the beam, and means for manipulating said rolling poises and said sliding poise eXteriorly of said case.V 6. Abeam scale comprising a'pivoted beam having a plurality of longitudinal slots and notches in each of said slots correlated with the notches inthe other slots, a rolling poise inreach of said slots cooperating with the notches therein, and` individual ',means for manipulating said rolling poises independently of each other. Y

V'7.'.'A beamscale comprising 1a Vpivoted beam, a weighing pan dependent fromsaid beam lon oneside of its pivot, means or'preventing yoscillation of said beam and pan comprising Vnormally, upwardly pressing means engaging the pan and the beam on the op posite side of its pivot'from said weighing pan, and means for relieving the pressure of said upwardly pressing means.

v8. A `beam scale comprising `a pivoted Y weighing beam, a weighingpan dependent fromsaid beam onk one side vof the pivot, means for preventing oscillation of said beam and pan comprising normally upwardly v lpressing'means engaging thepan and the .beam on the opposite side of its pivot from thegpan, means for `relievingl the pressure of aso said upwardly pressingyme'ans, and means 4 for locking said pressure relieving'm'eans.V

9. A beam-scale comprising a pedestal, a

beam pivoted thereon, supporting means for pivot uponvbeing ,elevated and means i'or l mov-ing said bar vertically, Y.

l0; A beam scale comprising a case,y a pivoted beam havinga longitudinal slot and notches in the slot7 ay rolling poise in said slot cooperating with said notches, and means for movingrsaid rolling poise in the slot comprising a slidable rod adapted-to be rotatedV about its longitudinal aXis,a bracket carried thereby adapted to engage the poise, and means for liiniting'the position of the engagingend of the bracket with respect to the beam'l Y j f- 11. Abeam scale comprising a case, a pivoted beam having an kupper and lower'longitudinal slot and notches in eachV slot cor-` related with the notchesvin the other slot, a

rollingpoise in each slotcooperating with the notches therein, means for moving the poise lin the upper-'slot comprising a slidable verted U-shaped bracket carried thereby adapted to engage said poise,and means for moving the poise in the lower slot comprisingv a slidable rod parallel to the beam and adapted to be vrotated about its-longitudinal aXis and anV upright U-shaped bracket cari y ried thereby'adaptedto .engage said poise.

'12. jAscale beam having'a plurality of longitudinal slotsand notches in each of said slots correlatedwith the notches-in the other iio p rod parallel to theV beam `andadapted tov be rotated about its longitudinal axis and an in-' slots correlated *with thenotches in the other slots, a'rolling poisein each'of saidslots cooperating'with the notches therein, the upper edge of the beam having graduations correlated with said notches. 14. A rolling poise for a beam scale comprising a spindle having a plurality of enlarged cylindrical sections, said spindle projecting beyond the two end sections and being tapered intermediate adjacent sections toward the midpoint between said sections.

15. A rolling poise forV a beamscale comprising a spindle having a pair of enlarged cylindrical sections intermediate its ends and spaced equally from its center, the spinf dle between said sections being tapered toward its center. l

Signed at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, this third day of May, A. D. 1929.

JACOB EMIL SEEDERER. 

